alexandra, here is response to your question..........

[Guest guest]

COuple of things we need to know when we talk about the tantras. Tte

tantricks can be now chiefly divided into the the following 5 paths.

 

1. the once who follow ganapatya tantra

2. the ones who follow vaishnava tantra

3. the ones who follow shaiva tantra

4. the ones who follow surya tantra

5. the ones who follow shakti tantra

 

each one of them have their practices associated with, at a

particular stage of sadhana to slowly liquidate the strong

identification of the sadhaka with the body. The attention is called

to not be attached to the body that one possesses from birth.

Obviously this is not easy. Many have tried in the past and many have

failed. It has to follow a tried method. In this case of the

Vaishnava cult, who may follow the tantras for practical guidelines,

this is achieved in the way that has been discribed. The moment this

identification with the gross body is practiced with zeal and

dedication, then comes the identification with the subtle body. THen

other methods are put in place for that. And hence slowly the sadhaka

is lead towards the identification with the eternal spirit.

 

THe shaivaits also have such a practice, but the practice is firstly

geographical - in the mountains and the hills where one is to live.

 

So do the Shakti sadhakas have thier own technic.

 

Please feel free to ask any other question is you please.

 

Hari OM hari

 

bhramanshakti in 'bhraman' group

 

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bhraman, adi_shakthi16 <no_reply> wrote:

> In the Bengal Vaisnava tradition there is a practice where a

serious

> practitioner is given an esoteric identity within the realm of

> Vrindavana by his or her guru. This includes the following details:

> age, colour of skin, what kind of clothes you wear, etc. The

> practitioner memorises maps of Vrindavana, where he or she lives,

> where he or she sports with Krishna, etc. Usually the identity is

> that of a manjari, a young girl who assists in the play of Radha

and

> Krishna, but it could also be a friend of Krsna. This new identity

is

> called the siddha-deha, the perfected body. It is considered to be

> the practitioners true identity. In meditation the practitioner

> enters this "reality" and the goal is to enter permanently into it

at

> one point. This "imaginary" world is considered to be the highest

> reality, the cosmic drama, the eternal spiritual play of Radha and

> Krishna.

> I want to know if a similar practice also exists in the worship of

> Devi.

> Is there any such practice in the Shakta tradition?

> If it does not exist in the Shakta tradition, does such a practice

> exist in the Shaiva tradition in connection with Parvati and Shiva ?

> I would be most grateful for some information.

>

> Kind regards,

> Alexandra Kafka

> alexandra.kafka@a...

>

>

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> could you please answer this for this lady? adi_shakthi16

[Guest guest]

alexandra, if you wish to learn more about the shakta tantra, i would

suggest you directly correspond with bhramanshakti and he

would respond to you directly.

 

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